Sarah Jane Devin

Brief Life History of Sarah Jane

When Sarah Jane Devin was born on 14 October 1829, in Tennessee, United States, her father, Clayton Devin, was 36 and her mother, Margaret West, was 25. She married Thomas McCole on 10 March 1859, in Polk, Missouri, United States. She lived in Missouri, United States in 1870 and Marion Township, Polk, Missouri, United States in 1880. She died in 1880, in Weiser, Washington, Idaho, United States, at the age of 51, and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Southwest Marion Township, Polk, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Hiram Thompson
1823–1891
Sarah Jane Devin
1829–1880
Marriage: 21 January 1863
George Washington Thompson
1864–1965
Hiram Alexander Thompson
1866–1953

Sources (15)

  • Sarah J Thompson in household of Hiram Thompson, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Sarah J McCole, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
  • Sarah Jane Devin Thompson, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1835 · The Hermitage is Built

The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

Irish: variant of Devine 1.

English, Irish, and French: nickname, of literal or ironic application, from Middle English devin, divin, Old French devin ‘divine’. Compare Devine 2.

French: nickname from devin ‘sorcerer, fortune teller’ (related to the verb deviner ‘to divine, foretell’). Compare Devine 3.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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